Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849
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Name (Latin)
Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849
Other forms of name
Farmer, Margaret, 1789-1849
Gardiner, Marguerite, 1789-1849
Power, Margaret, 1789-1849
Blessington, Marguerite Power Farmer Gardiner, Countess of, 1789-1849
Blessington, Countess of, 1789-1849
Blessington, Lady, 1789-1849
B, Lady
Blessington, Marguerite, Gardiner, Countess of, 1789-1849
Date of birth
1789-09-01
Date of death
1849-06-04
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Authors
Novelists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Oxford DNB, viewed online July 28, 2017(Gardiner [née Power; other married name Farmer], Marguerite [Margaret], countess of Blessington (1789-1849); author; born 1 September 1789 Knockbrit, near Clonmel, co. Tipperary, Ireland; married Captain Maurice St Leger Farmer 7 March 1804; three months later she returned to her father's house at Clonmel; in 1807 she moved to Cahir and then in 1809 to Dublin; married Charles John Gardiner, second Viscount Mountjoy and first earl of Blessington 16 February 1818; on her marriage she changed both her birth name and surname: Margaret Farmer became Marguerite, countess of Blessington; lived at 11 St. James's Square, Seamore Place, Park Lane, Gore House Kensington; fled to Paris 14 April 1849 to escape her creditors; lived in the rue de Cirque, near the Champs Elysées; died 4 June 1849 at age 59; buried at Chambourcy, near St Germain-en-Laye)
- The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 1969:volume 3, page 388 (Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, née Power (1789-1849); wrote fiction, non-fiction, biography and criticism)
- nuc85-53587: Her Memoirs of a femme de chambre [MI] 1846(hdg. on GmC rept.: Blessington, Marguerite (Power) Farmer Gardiner, countess of, 1789-1849; usage: Countess of Blessington)
- LC data base, 2/10/86(hdg.: Blessington, Marguerite Power Farmer Gardiner, Countess of, 1789-1849; usage: Countess of Blessington; Lady Blessington)
- Ency. Britannica, 15th ed.(Blessington, Marguerite, countess of (b. Sept. 1, 1789, d. June 4, 1849))
- NUCMC data from Historical Society of Washington, D.C. for D'Orsay correspondence, 1834-1842(Lady B)
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Margaret, Countess of Blessington
Thomas Lawrence, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (née Power; 1 September 1789 – 4 June 1849), was an Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess. She became acquainted with Lord Byron in Genoa and wrote a book about her conversations with him.
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